F1
2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix report
The Red Bull drivers cost Sebastian Vettel victory and seemed to have handed it to Valtteri Bottas. But that’s not what fate had in store and Lewis Hamilton’s Melbourne ill…
Mark Hughes
Grand Prix editor
In previous lives Mark raced cars, worked at Jim Russell racing school, got a university degree which he never used, tried working in industry, didn’t like it, left and joined Motoring News in 1988 as a junior club race reporter. Went freelance in ’96, concentrated on F1 from 2000. Grand Prix editor of Autosport for 10 years.
Latest articles from Mark
Opinion
F1
The picture after Azerbaijan GP practice
Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes breaks down Formula 1 practice in Azerbaijan Pirelli has tried to encourage two-stop rather than one-stop strategies this year. In doing so, the sole Formula…
Opinion
F1
F1 2019: simple aero, better racing?
How proposed aero changes could change the way F1 teams design their cars in 2019 Aero changes that the FIA wishes to introduce to Formula 1 next year – two…
Opinion
F1
Ricciardo's itchy feet and Ferrari
Could Vettel vs Ricciardo II take place at Ferrari? The Shanghai Formula 1 paddock was buzzing with the rumour that Daniel Ricciardo had signed an option to…
Opinion
F1
F1 Chinese GP: 'this could be a multi-dimensional race'
Lewis Hamilton may have topped Friday's Formula 1 practice sessions in China, but the race simulations are much more evenly matched It’s cold and damp in Shanghai…
F1
2018 F1 Australian Grand Prix report
Mark Hughes reports on the Formula 1 season-opener at Melbourne The race turned on a confluence of flukes, a repaying of karmic debt owed to Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari from…
Opinion
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Hamilton vs 'party mode'
Was it 'party mode' that gave Lewis Hamilton pole in Australia? Mark Hughes investigates... Lewis Hamilton’s pole-securing final qualifying run, in which he found 0.6sec while everyone else found a…
Opinion
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The power of Ferrari's F1 veto
Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes explains how Ferrari's veto power came to be, and whether the FIA will continue to entertain its F1 quit threats The nagging…
Opinion
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A closer look at the preseason F1 tests
The conclusions we can draw from the two preseason Formula 1 tests So at the end of eight days of Formula 1 preseason testing, what do we know? Definitively, nothing.…
Opinion
F1
F1 exhaust blowing: not just hot air
A close look at how and why Formula 1 teams such as Renault are still using exhausts to blow the rear wing The Renault RS18 has created a lot of…
Opinion
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F1 testing: Inside the times
Who was really fastest in Barcelona? Mark Hughes examines the first times of F1 in 2018 So what messages did the lap times tell us during the gaps between the…
Opinion
F1
Sauber's C37 explained
Mark Hughes looks at the key points of the Alfa Romeo Sauber C37 Like Red Bull, Sauber has opted not to take up the full permitted width of the sidepods, implying…
